Lonesome Pine and Esther Groups

Prospect in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209824
MAS/MILS ID 0040070468
Record type Deposit
Current site name Lonesome Pine and Esther Groups

Comments on the site identification

  • *****SEE Related Deposits- Cyprus Miami, Deposit ID 10186051
    Ray Mine, Deposit ID 10210616
    Gibson Mine, Deposit ID 10104088

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.90349, 33.34178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Halfway between the Cyprus Miami-Inspiration deposits and the deposits at Ray

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinal Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001 S 014 E 14 E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Galena Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Covellite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock type qualifier porphyritic quartz-monzonite (adamellite), granodiorite, quartz-monzonite, and granite porphyry.
    Rock unit name Schultze Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock type qualifier coarse grained quartz-muscovite schist, fine grained quartz-sericite-chlorite schist, and fine grained amphibole schist.
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.90349, 33.34178

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name NE-trending vertical fault
Type of structure Local
Structure name W to NW-trending fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • shear zone trending N48?E, 65?NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Total resources 20000000short tons
    Remarks Long, 1995
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper 0.4 wt-pct Copper Primary 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR LONESOME PINE GROUP AND ESTHER GROUP FILE

  • Reserve-Resource

    Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits, in Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society Digest 20, p. 35-68.

  • Geology

    Olmstead, H.W., and Johnson, D.W., 1966, Inspiration geology, in Titley, S.R., and Hicks, C.L., eds., Geology of the porphyry copper deposits, southwestern North America: Tucson, University of Arizona Press, p. 143?150.

  • Geology

    The Lonesome Pine and Esther Groups geology is similar to Portergeo Miami Inspiration deposit and the Globe Miami district. 7/27/2010 http://www.portergeo.com.au/index.asp

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.